Our on-screen superheroes, both old and new, have never held the interest of the masses the American way.

This is by no means an understatement, with the character of Superman having been penned before India even gained independence, and the Marvel cinematic universe, which includes Spider Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and the like, raking in north of $10 billions in the global box office. Lee is brave for venturing out of America, the veritable land of superheroes. For Bollywood, the child has been replaced with a young man in his 20s, whoвЂ™ll be fighting villains in Mumbai. Singh, to create a suit that activates the chakras in the body, unlocking supernatural powers. In LeeвЂ™s version, Raju Rai, a child tech whiz, teams up with his mentor, Dr. Stepping out of animation and into live action broadens the target demographic from children to entire families, and to accommodate for this, theyвЂ™ve tinkered with the story a little. Lee, Devarajan and Motwane are currently working on the screenplay, and will begin production late 2016-2017. Fast forward to April this year, and the companies behind Chakra (LeeвЂ™s POW! Entertainment and DevarajanвЂ™s Graphic India) have announced that theyвЂ™ve found their director, Phantom FilmsвЂ™ Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan, Lootera). However, in addition to being a childrenвЂ™s character, Chakra was created by Lee with the hopes of expanding the franchise, adding a live-action Bollywood film to the existing videos and comics. The animation isnвЂ™t groundbreaking, and because they didnвЂ™t bother using Indian English speakers for dubbing, Chakra (pronounced Chalk-ruh) ends up sounding more like a Californian than a Mumbaiker. The comic book was followed by an animated film which aired on Cartoon Network India in 2013. Created by the legendary Stan Lee-you know, the man who co-created Spiderman, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, ad infinatum, and who makes a fleeting appearance in every single Marvel movie- and Graphic IndiaвЂ™s CEO Sharad Devarajan, Chakra: The Invincible first appeared in comic book form in 2011, and was excitedly referred to as LeeвЂ™s first вЂњIndian superhero'.

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